jiggerjake Posted February 9, 2020 Report Share Posted February 9, 2020 When do you start "effectively" throwing 3:16 Freestyle ss shads/trout baits. You can give me a season or water temp as obviously all areas of the country differ.Feel free to mention what types of areas and depth you prefer fishing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubberdaddy Posted February 9, 2020 Report Share Posted February 9, 2020 cooler water spring and fall for me with the 8" SS basskickinrednick and 5150KokaneeEaters 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzed bait Posted February 9, 2020 Report Share Posted February 9, 2020 I’ve done the best with the shad in the summer and fall and I really like the floater version. The 8” trout did well for me this past year in the spring and fall and again I prefer the floater. My favorite bites on those baits come from giving it a good rip just as soon as it hits the water. They’ll either smoke it the second it moves or they’ll wait until it pauses after you rip it and then choke it down (probably why I like the floater so much). BOZ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubberdaddy Posted February 9, 2020 Report Share Posted February 9, 2020 18 minutes ago, buzzed bait said: I’ve done the best with the shad in the summer and fall and I really like the floater version. The 8” trout did well for me this past year in the spring and fall and again I prefer the floater. My favorite bites on those baits come from giving it a good rip just as soon as it hits the water. They’ll either smoke it the second it moves or they’ll wait until it pauses after you rip it and then choke it down (probably why I like the floater so much). Rip and pause always gets bit with freestyle floaters! Mossypumpkin and buzzed bait 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumoNinja Posted February 9, 2020 Report Share Posted February 9, 2020 (edited) Because of reading on here how floaters are fished, I tried it for the first time and bang! It got smashed Erratic and aggressive twitches in rod tip, reel turns and pauses. Majority of the hits come at the pause Now the floating sport shad is one of my favorites. Can't wait til weather warms up Edited February 9, 2020 by SumoNinja Mossypumpkin and BOZ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jiggerjake Posted February 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2020 Good deal. I would have thought the SS where the preferred bait of choice in the Freestyle lineup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumoNinja Posted February 10, 2020 Report Share Posted February 10, 2020 (edited) 18 minutes ago, jiggerjake said: Good deal. I would have thought the SS where the preferred bait of choice in the Freestyle lineup. Each has their place. Both deadly but there's nothing like a topwater bite Edited February 10, 2020 by SumoNinja Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dqb Posted February 10, 2020 Report Share Posted February 10, 2020 I’ve had best luck with sinking models straight retrieve (varied speed) near bottom as well as jigging to imitate a dying fish making last attempt to escape.. but both can be nerve racking ways to fish an expensive bait (lost freestyle gill in dec ). Have a FS top hook on order hoping this will get snagged less and pop free easier when it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOZ Posted February 10, 2020 Report Share Posted February 10, 2020 On 2/9/2020 at 2:40 PM, buzzed bait said: I’ve done the best with the shad in the summer and fall and I really like the floater version. The 8” trout did well for me this past year in the spring and fall and again I prefer the floater. My favorite bites on those baits come from giving it a good rip just as soon as it hits the water. They’ll either smoke it the second it moves or they’ll wait until it pauses after you rip it and then choke it down (probably why I like the floater so much). On 2/9/2020 at 4:46 PM, SumoNinja said: Because of reading on here how floaters are fished, I tried it for the first time and bang! It got smashed Erratic and aggressive twitches in rod tip, reel turns and pauses. Majority of the hits come at the pause Now the floating sport shad is one of my favorites. Can't wait til weather warms up Last year was my first year fishing my Sport Shad floater and I love that thing. Got some solid advice on here about using an aggressive retrieve and it’s killer. Used mine through November. Like the guys above said, rip it and pause. I like burning and pausing it too. buzzed bait and SumoNinja 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossypumpkin Posted February 10, 2020 Report Share Posted February 10, 2020 Nighttime is the right time anytime! Got this one in water around 45 degrees last spring just fishing slow with small twitches. Remember, just because a bait is made to fish a certain way, produces better for some people a certain way, or looks best fished a certain way.....doesn’t mean it’s the best way for it to produce for YOU! Have an open mind SumoNinja, El_Weruso, dqb and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumoNinja Posted February 10, 2020 Report Share Posted February 10, 2020 ^^ What jesse said U gotta try all retrieves to see what the fish in your waters want. My first bite on my shad came on a steady slow/medium retrieve. I lost that fish and got no more bites for about 30 minutes. As soon as I did the erratic retrieve I got bit Mossypumpkin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niki814 Posted February 10, 2020 Report Share Posted February 10, 2020 I like my slowsinks! I know oui m weird lol I fish them slow an steady, or I add a twitch/RIP in there. Burning it under the surface is always fun or RIP pause RIP pause. Think out side the box an hour good. Like Jesse said you cant really fish them wrong hence the name freestyle Mossypumpkin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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